Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 17
ed withthe living wood. Dead knots in pine and spruce almostalways become loose, so that when thelog is sawed into boards the sections ofthe knots drop out.7. Color and Odor.—The color of wood lends to its beauty,aids in its identification and is of great assistance in judging of itsquality. Each… … Fig. 4 —Section of Wood ShowingPosition of the Grain at Base of aLimb. P, pith cf both stem andlimb; 1-7, seve.i yearly layers ofwood; «, i, kno. or basal part of alimb which lived four years, thendied and broke off near the stem,leaving the part to the left of a, b asound knot, the part to…
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